Mount for telescopic rifle sights



April 23, 1929. P.- H. MEISE MOUNT FOR TELESCOPIC RIFLE SIGHTS Filed April 21, 1928 15 INVENTOR. Y zll HMee'se W ORNEY rn'iLLrr n. MEISE, or New YORK, 1v. Y.

MOUNT FOR TELESCOPIC RIFLE SIGHTS.

Application filed April 21, 1923. Serial No. 271.719.v l

i ;,;This invention relates generally to rifles and telescopes and hasmore particular referencetoa novel telescope mount.

The invention has for an object the provision of a device of the class mentioned,

3 whichis foisimple durable construction,

desirable and efficient in action, and which can .be .manufactured and sold at a reason- I able cost; 1.

1.10, \Thedeviee proposes the use of an abutment 'firmlyconnected with a rifle and pro- ,vided with an adjustment screw, and a mount memb'erpivotally connected to the rifle and engageable with the abutment and I 115 adjusting screw, and arranged for being held'lin engaged position; the said mount "being connected with a telescope.

The advantage of this arrangement isthat "one telescope may be. mounted on various rifles and truly aligned'on each. This eliminat'espthe necessity of'a' separate telescope for each rifle that-"a party owns.

Moreover, it is pointed out that the telescope may be quickly transferred from one rifle to another,'and very accurately and quickly aligned for use.

i For further comprehension of the inven- =tion,',and of. the objects and advantages f; thereof, reference will be had to the followi l ing description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which I the various novel features of the invention are moreparticularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure Fig. 1- is a side elevational view of a rifle and, telescope mounted according to this n invention.

7 Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detail viewthereof.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view looking upwards taken along the line 3-3 of i Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 1s a fragmentary detail viewof a portion of Fig. '2. j

Fig. 5 is a view of the rear side of Fig. 4. r Fig; 6 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig.7 is a side elevational view of a modified form of mounting.

.The reference numeral 10 indicates genv erally a rifle, and numeral 11 a telescope of any design and construction. A mount base member 12 is attached to the rifle 10 and .has a substantially circular projection 13 with inclined sides on the top thereof, these sides being inclined outwards from the bottom to the top. A mount member 14 rests upon the top of thetbase 12 and isrotatively engaged on the said projection 13. i

The mount member 14 has a front arm 15 and a rear arm l6'o'n whichthe lower ends of straps 17:a re engaged and remov-.

ably secured. The straps 17 support the riflescope 11. The top of the projection 13 is formed with an aperture 18 engaged by a peg 19 projecting from the member 14 for aiding in rotatively mounting the said member 14. i I

An abutment member2O projects upwards from the base 12 intofthe path of rotation of the mounting 14 which is formed with a recess 21 for accommodating this abutment 7 member 20. An adjustment screw 22 thread-I edly engages the abutment 20 for adjustment to properly align the telescope with the shooting path of the rifle. Referring to Fig. 3 it should be noticed that the mounting member l4'may swingcounterclockwise .while its clockwise swing is limited by the position of the adjustment screw 22., I

Arod 23 passes thru the mounting14 and is centrally provided with a slot 24 engaged by a pin 25 for limiting the sliding positions thereof. One endof the rod 23 is formed, with a hook 26 engaging the abutment 20 for holding the m'ount'14 against the adjustment screw 22, and the other end isthreaded and threadedly engages aknob 27. A pair of vertical pins 28 in the mount ing 14 and on opposite sides of the knob, engage in a peripheral groove in the knob for rotatively holding the knob in place. The knob 27 may be rotated to move the rod 23 for disengaging the hook 26, as indicated by the dot-dash lines 29 of Fig. 4.

For applying the telescope 11 toanother gun it may be removed from gun 10 at the straps 17 forengagement upon a mount similar to mount -14, or it' may be removed from the gun 10 at the base mount member 12 for engagement upon a gun not provided with this device. In anycase the telescope may be properly aligned and adjusted on the gun by manipulation of screw 22 and locking same in the new position by manipulation of the knob 27. I

j The modified form of the device illustrated in Fig. 7 discloses the base 12' provided with a flanged circular projection 13' rotatively engaged by the mount member 14. Otherwise the device is the same as to a rifle, an adjustment screw threadedly described in'the pr eferred form, that is this device is provided with themsame locking meansshown in'Figs. lto 6. o iVhile I have shownand describedwthe av ng thus described my inventiomwhat a I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:"' V V 1 y teiescope'mount for a rifigeomprising a basemember provided with a projecting abutment, and; arranged for attachment engaged in the abutmenua mount member rotatively connected with thesaid baseand c arranged for supportinga telescope, thesaid abutment being disposed the path of motion of the said mount membeiy the mount member being formedrwi h a recess for accommodating the'abutment, a rod 'siidabiy mounted in the mount member, and having acentral' slot, at pin' ca rried by the mount member engaging the said slot for limiting the movement of the rod, a hook at one' end holding the mount member against'the said adjustment screw, a knob provided with a peripheral groove, pins engagingin the groove forrotativeiy holding the knob with reepect to the-mount member, and theknob A telescope mount for rifles comprising a base member provided with a projecting abutment, and arranged for attachment to a rifle, an adjustment screw threadedly engaged in the abutment, a mount member arranged for eupporting a te-le'scope; the said abutment beingdisposed 'in the path ofmo-' jtion of the said ;mount member, themount member being. tormec1 w it11" a recess for ac icommodating;the; abutment, a rod slidably mounted in? the mou'nt member, ai hook at: ne end (sf-the rod {and engaglng'the abut-.

the said adjustment screwy a knob provided witha perphera] groove, pinscarried'by-the; mount member engaginglin the, grooveffor rotatively Ihoidingthefknob with'i 'espect to the -mount 'member ;and the knob being' rotative1y connectedwith the said base,fand

5o 'me nt v for holding the mount member against threadedly connected with the-for may i 7 ing the rod upon rotation oftheknob.

3.,A telescope mount for rifles,*compris-l ing" a'base member provided with aprojec i ing-abu ment, and arranged-for attachment? to a rifle, an adjustment screw-threadedly' aged in the abutment, a mountinember ro ativeiy connected withthe-said base, and,

arranged for supporting a telescopgthe'said abutmentbeing disposed-in the path of motionoif the said mount member, themount member being formed with arecessufor .commodating the-abutment, arod slidably mounted in the mount member, and having centraisiot, a pin carried bythemount nemberengaging the said slot for iirniting' themovement of the rod, :a hook atone end of the rod and engaging the abutment for holding the mount member againstthe said a'djustment screw, a'k'noband 'means for v rotativeiy holding the knob on the" mount being threadediy connected with thejrod for i "moving the rodupon rotation of the knob;

'with the rod for moving the rod upon .P n'm I i 

